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The Bhagavad Gita is universally regarded as the single most influential philosophical text shaping spiritual thought and life Spoken by Lord Krishna to his devotee Arjuna the Gitas seven hundred verses provide an ultimate guide to selfrealization It reveals the essential nature of man his environment and his relationship with the Almighty like no other work The teaching of the Bhagavad Gita is said to free you from all sense of limitation Did you know there are as many as 300 different kinds of Bhagvad Gita available lets take a look at some of themIt occurs in the Mahabharata in the Ashwamedha Parva Adhyaaya 16 The conversation is between Pandava Prince Arjuna and Shri Krishna after the war and coronation of Yudhisthira as King Ashtavakra Gita It is a conversation between King Janaka and Ashtavakra on soul bondage and ultimate reality emphasis being on renunciation or SanyasaIt is based on the principles of Advaitha Vedanta and is said to have been sung by Lord Dattatreya who was considered an Avadhuta or a saint born on this earth beyond ego concsciousness and duality Bhagavad Gita It is a 700 verse scripture from the Mahabharata adhyaaya 25 to 4218 chapters of Bhishmaparva between the Pandava Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna who acts as his guide and charioteerIt is in Shrimad Bhagvat Purana chapter 5 of Skanda 12 It is in the form of a dialogue between King Parikshit and Sage Suka and is a brief exposition of the Vedanta philosophy Brahman and the Atma Bodhya Gita It is from Mahabharata Book Moksha parva which is a part of the Book Shanti Parva It is a conversation between Rishi Bodhya and King YayatiIt is from the Skanda Purana 4th adhyaya of Sutha Samhita and first twelve chapters of Yagya Vaibhava Khanda There is another version with the same name in the latter part of the nirvana portion of 173 to 181 in Yoga Vasishta Brahmana Gita It is a part of the Anu Gita which has been mentioned aboveIt is part of the Devi Bhagavatham written by the great sage Vyasa seventh Skandha from adhyaya 31 to 40 It tells us about an incarnation of the Devi wherein she describes her own nature nature of her worship with meditation yogic practices rituals and other austerities Ganesha Gita It is from Ganesh Puran chapters 138148 of the Kridakandha which is modelled on the Bhagavad Gita where Ganesha is given the divine and central role It is a discourse between King Varenya and Lord Ganesha in the form of GajananaIt is the song of the Gopis or the cowherd girls of Brindavan and their deep and selfless love to Lord Krishna This is in the tenth chapter of the Bhagavat Puran which is the story of Lord Vishnu as told by the great Sage Suka to King Janamejaya Guru Gita It was written by Sage Vyasa and consists of 352 verses It is part of the Skanda Puran and is a dialogue between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati in which she asks him to teach her all about the Guru tattwaIt is in Shrimad Bhagavat Puran Skandha 11 verse 40 section 6 to section 29 comprising of more than 1000 verses and consists of Krishna s final discourse to Uddhava before Krishna leaves his mortal coil on Earth Hanumad Gita It is the discourse that was given by Goddess Sita to Hanuman after their return back to Lanka after the defeat of Ravana and the coronation of Lord RamaIt was the name given by Sage Narada to the Bhagavad Gita in the Mahabharata Book Shanti Parva verse 10 chapter 346 Haritha Gita It is from Mahabharatha Mokshaparva as a part of Shantiparva It speaks of non violence in association with sanyasa ashram It contains twenty verses attributed to Haritha MuniFirst 11 chapters of Uttara Vibhaaga from Kurma Purana It contains the teachings of Lord Shiva also referred to as Ishvara and contains not only the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita but also many new themes like worshipping the Linga Patanjali s eight fold yoga and it believes that Shiva and not Lord Krishna is the ultimate goal Kapila Gita It is from Shrimad Bhagavat Purana Skandha 3 Chapters 23 to 33 It is the story of how Sage Kapila offers solace to his old mother Devahuti whose soul is hungering for spiritual knowledgeIt is from Mahabharata Moksha parva as a part of Shanti Parva It is a story narrated in 50 verses of a saint named Manki and his two bullocks the core message being give up desire and greed and develop compassion for all beings Pandava Gita or Prapanna Gita It is called the Song of Surrender and it is made up of a compilation of quotes from many great personalities from the Puranic age who have glorified the Lord including all the PandavasIt is from Mahabharata Moksha Parva as a part of Shanti Parva and it is the longest of all the Gitas of the Shanti Parva It consists of nine chapters It is said to be a dialogue between Sage Parasara the father of Sage Vyasa and King Janaka Pingala Gita It is from Mahabharata Moksha Parva as a part of Shanti Parva It is a beautiful story told by Shri Krishna to Uddhava about a prostitute Pingala and her story of liberationIt is from Adhyaatma Ramayan which is a part of Brahmanda Purana in the 5th Sarga of the Uttara Khanda which is the common Gita generally referred to The other one is common in Tamil Nadu and is found in Guru Gyana Vasishta in TattvaSaarayana Ramana Gita This Gita was written by Shri Ramana Maharishi in Sanskrit It was recorded by one of his foremost disciples Shri Ganapati Muni who in the company of several other disciples received answers to 37 Questions which were put forward to Shri Ramana along the lines of the Bhagavad Gita and formed 18 chapters of 300 versesIt forms the sixth part of the Shiva Rahasya Purana and it is a dialogue between Sage Ribhu and Sage Nidagha in about two thousand verses on the Self and Brahman Rudra Gita It is contained in Skanda 4 of the Srimad Bhagavatha of chapter 24 in shlokas 1679 and in Varaha Puran in chapters 7072They are instructions given by Lord Shiva to Prachetas Daksha It contains verses dedicated to the glory and magnificence of Lord Vishnu It eulogizes the worship of Vishnu to the path of liberation and self realization and also talks about Hinduism and its teachingsIt is from Mahabharata Mokshaparva as a part of Shantiparva It consists of twenty one verses in which Sampaaka a learned and pious Brahmin gives the message that one could attain everlasting happiness only through renunciation Shiva Gita It is from Patala Khanda of Padma Purana and it is made up of 16 chapters In this Gita Sage Agastya consoles Rama when Ravana takes away Sita and advises him to pray to lord Shiva Lord Shiva appears before Lord Rama and his teachings to Lord Rama forms the Shiva GitaIt is contained in Skandha 10 chapter 87 of Srimad Bhagavatam where in King Parikshit asks Sage Suka to explain the attributeless Brahman against the theory of the Gods with attributes Surya Gita It is found in Guru Gyana Vasishta in TattvaSaarayana There are three Khandasparts in this text namely Gyana Kandaknowledge Upasana Khandaspiritual practice and Karma Kandaactions The Surya Gita is in first five adhyaayas in the third pada of Karma Kanda Vishishta AdvaitaIt is from Skandha Purana Adhyaayas 13 to 20 of Yagya Vaibhava Khanda It refutes dualism and strictly advocates monism It differs from the Bhagavad Gita as the Bhagavad Gita gives lots of space for further interpretations other than monism but the Suta Gita does not accept any other idea or interpretation Swaminarayan Gita or Yogi Gita It is a selection of teachings and prayers of Shri Yogiji Maharaj who was the fourth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan and gives the attributes necessary for a devotee to practice to attain liberation and spiritual enlightenmentIt is said that after enjoying all the pleasures of the kingdom and the materialistic world as Arjuna grew older a sense of detachment came over him and he approached Krishna to impart to him the knowledge of the Brahman It consists of three chapters and it gives answers to Arjuna s questions Vallabh Gita Vallabh Gita is also referred to as Shodasha granthas as Shri Vallabh taught his disciples to seek the true goal of life which is liberation It is a collection of sixteen works of Shri Vallabh in which all range of subjects have been discussedIt is a discourse given by Maharishi Vasishta to Prince Rama when Rama is said to be in a dejected state It consists of 32000 shlokas and is associated with the principles of non duality and Advaita Vedanta Vibheeshana Gita This Gita is taught by Lord Rama to Vibheeshana on the battlefield of Lanka and advises Vibheeshana on the virtues of devotion faith and right valuesIt is from Mahabharata Mokshaparva as a part of Shanti parva It speaks about Ahimsa or non violence It consists of eleven verses and it tells us about King Vicakhnu s visit to a yagna where animal sacrifice is to be performed and his moving pleas for Ahimsa This is narrated by Bhishma to Yudhisthira Vidhura Gita It is a dialogue between Vidura and King Dhritarashtra wherein he not only advises him about the science of politics but values of right conduct fairplay and truthfulnessIt is from Mahabharat Moksha Parva as a part of Shanti Parva It is said to be a dialogue between a fierce demon Vritrasura and Shukracharya the Guru of all the demons Asuras and it consists of two chapters Vyaadha Gita It is from Vana Parva Mahabharata and consists of the teachings given by a butcherVyaadha to a monk which was related to Pandava prince Yudhisthira by Sage Markandeya The arrogant monk is humbled by the simple butcher who teaches him Nishkama Karma It is from Kurma Purana from 12th Adhyaaya onwards of Uttara Vibhaaga and Sage Vyaasa teaches the highest path to self knowledge It emphasizes the unity of faiths and on the philosophy of non dualism Yama Gita It is said to be of three types1In Vishnu Puran 3rd Ansh upto 7th chapter 2 In Agni Purana 3rd khanda adhyaaya 381 and 3In Narasimha Purana 8th adhyaaya

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the greatest religious books of the Hindus The Bhagavad Gita reveals the path to the lost provides clarity to the confused and wisdom to all Here are some of the most popular and important teachings from one of the greatest spiritual books the world has ever known When we work keeping the fruits of our labour in mind we can never really give our best It s because we are overly obsessed with the possible rewards We are worried be our best in it It also gives us a lot of worries about the result We may also feel disheartened if our task or action does not yield good outputs Therefore just doing our work without really thinking about its result should be our motive Find contentment in the journey you are on regardless of the outcomeEven when the walls are crumbling around you and the earth is cracking beneath your feet do not expect or fear anything Expectations and fears limit our possibilitiesOur soul never dies Even after our death it continues to exist It is immortal It just changes bodies after the death of a person Moreover our body is made up of agni fire jal water vayu wind prithvi earth and it combines with them after deathImagine your most disgraceful moment and then imagine yourself at ease in it sitting quietly while the leaves of worry float away in the breeze Feeling sad about your losses will only way you down Accept your desire without coveting or needing that which you wantThis world is not immortal One who takes birth has to die one day That is the ultimate truth of this world Nothing exists permanently One has to leave this world even though he wishes not to No magic can actually help a person to stay forever Everyone has their set life periodsWhen you see all beings as equal in suffering and in joy when you are rooted in the oneness of all beings you cannot love or hate anyone because it is all part of the same thing In other words love your enemy as yourself Refuse to speak badly about those who hurt you or your enemiesThings may not be the same the way they used to be Things and circumstances change We should neither expect people nor surroundings not even society to be the same They all change with time We move ahead The Universe forgets old things and moves forwards so do we We should not stick to one place That will make our existence much more problematic in this worldWhatever we do in the course of our lifetime should be dedicated to the supreme personality of Godhead This will always result in giving us peace and satisfaction One should remember Krishna during every action of ours This makes us feel God s presence with us all the time making all our actions turn out to be positiveKrishna is the ultimate support of any human being Our fellow humans may not care for us or support as or may even leave us in our bad times but Krishna is always there for us The person who knows this truth is never really troubled by sadness or griefKrishna is the supreme personality of Godhead He is the original cause of all causes He starts everything and ends everything too He is there everywhere He is omnipresent and omnipotent We are just puppets whom he controls He is divine and transcendentalDesires come and go but one should remain a dispassionate witness simply watching and enjoying the show Everyone experiences desires but one should not be moved by them They should not bother a person People sometimes undertake really evil actions because of their desires One should simply not get caught in the chains of desireBhagavad Gita talks a lot about meditation and its importance Meditation is considered extremely helpful for inner peace and sadhna Moreover a person who thinks about making money all the time cannot really engage in meditation When a person s mind is not stable and he or she thinks only about money then meditation would be a failed effort for such a person

It happens to be a part of the epic Mahabharata but the wisdom and practical advice contained in it keep guiding everybody even till now We will have a look at some of the lessons that Bhagwad Gita offers to usEffectiveness is doing the rights things Efficiency is doing things rightBhagwad Gita lays emphasis of doing action as a duty and surrendering the fruit unto GodDont try to confuse others who have less knowledge Lead by exampleBhagwad Gita exhorts us to choose our own path because there are various paths that lead to Godwe need to follow othersBhagwad Gita asks you to become fearlessBhagwad Gita stresses upon the idea of impermanence of this world It says that whatever takes birth will have a death It also conveys the message of the sovereignty of the soul Though the body is perishable but soul is deathlessSelfishness can impede the flow of wisdom in your thinking process and therefore can lead to your downfall While living in this world itself try to be detached Try to live like a lotus in the waterBy avoiding to escape from action you are doing no good Engage in action and try to do your bestthen leave the rest to GodWhich lesson do you feel you can adopt in your life Share your views with us

Gita Jayanti is essentially celebrated on the day when the Bhagavad Gita originated when Krishna passed on the sermons of life to Arjuna The Gita Jayanti is celebrated in the first Shukal Paksh Ekadashi of this month which falls on December 10 this year Heres what you should on this auspicious dayStarting on Dec 10 visit a Krishna temple for 21 consecutive days and offer some coconuts and almonds to Lord KrishnaIf you are facing financial trouble then visit a Krishna temple on the morning of December 10 and donate yellow coloured clothes to the idols of Krishna and RadhaIf you want to avoid household stress and problems then do a abhishek tilak of Lord Krishna with rose water mixed with some saffron Kesar This will make the Lord pleased with youOn the day of Gita Jayanti plant two bananas trees in your house make sure to give away the banana fruit to others when it ripes Do not eat it yourself Doing so will make prosperity come into your house for many generationsWrite the name of Shri Krishna with some roli on a betel leaf and keep that leaf at the footsteps of Shri Krishna on December 10 On the next day keep that leaf in your locker and you will benefit greatlyMake two bowls of Kheer add tulsi leaves to one bowl and leave the other one as it is Offer the Tulsi kheer to Krishna and the other to Goddess Laxmi you will get the blessings of both the godsFrom a temple borrow a sea shell Shankh Fill it up with water and offer it to Shri Krishna This will benefit the health and happiness of you and your family You can use your own shankh if you have onePray with a Tulsi bead or mala on Dec 10 and chant this mantra hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare ram hare ram ram ram hareIf you want to please Lord Krishna then offer yellow coloured sweets clothes and utensils to the Lord Later on donate them to a needy personOn the evening of December 10 light a diya in the name of Tulsi mata doing so will make all your problems go awayIf your career is going through a slump then for five consecutive Fridays bring home 7 girls under 7 years of age and offer them food You will not only get a new job soon but will also see a spurt in your present career Now on Gita Jayanti lets revisit some teachings of the Bhagavad GitaThe Bhagavad Gita says that we have come into this world empty handed and will go empty handed as well so one should stay away from moh and mayaEven though our body is perishable our soul is not so one should do good karmas and not base his judgement on how a person looks or what he doesWhat happened in the past was for the good of you what is happening right now is also for your good and what will happen in the future will also benefit one and all so do not worry at allYour work should take precedence over everything else in life you should work hard to achieve your goals and your work should not suffer because of anything in lifeChange is the only constant in life nothing is permanent so dont get worried about the little things in life Keep moving forwardOne should not let desires rule him and her It is okay to get tempted but as long as you keep your desire under control you will be okayGod will always be with us you might or might not see him but he is always watching us and hence one should always do good karma in order to keep the Lord happyLord Krishna said that meditation or sadhna purges a human beings soul one must do sadhna as one eats food or takes a bath Make sure that sadhna becomes a part of your life

One of the misconceptions about Gita is that Gita advocates violence If we read all the 18 chapters carefully then it would be clear that Gita considers any activity in personal and social life conducive to forgetting of one s immortal true self is adharma selfdestruction and hence violence The word Pranashyati is used in 6th chapter 9th chapter and also 18th chapter to clearly imply this meaning In practical life also forgetting one s larger self that includes father mother brother sister spouse teacher friend and society is associated with overtly mean individualistic ungrateful mindless cruel brutal barbaric maniacal and indiscriminate activities including self destruction and killing ie violenceHence theoretically as well as practically any intellectual emotional instinctual and physical actions conducive to forgetting true self is adharma and violenceGita asks us to remember and focus on our immortal true self so that our behavior remains oriented to self realization This is called swadharma Gita teaches us to participate in Dharmya Yuddha and conquer the inner and outer forces opposing this It is Dharmya not Dharma 231 and 233 It means one which culminates in Dharma Dharma means individual and universal blossoming and Yuddha is struggleThus Shrimad Bhagavad Gita the proper way to refer Gita actually teaches inspires empowers and enables us to triumphantly and victoriously conquer the pettiness cowardice indolence fanaticism and violence inside as well as outside The Gita39s Message

We start the English translation of all the Slokas of Bhagwad Gita This is the chapter 1 I hope you will like itDritharashtra asked Oh Sanjaya what are my sons and Pandavas who are eager to fight Doing in the holy battle field of Kursukshethra Sanjaya replied After seeing the pandavas aligned in the battle field The king Duryodhana approached his teacher and asked I am seeing the great army of the sons of Pandu my teacher Well arranged by the son of Drupada who is your great discipleI am seeing among them great warriors like Bheema and Arjuna And also great warriors like Yuyudhana Virata and Drupadha Among them also are great heroes like Drishta Kethu Chekithana the king of Kasi And Puru jit Kunthi bhoja and the great king ShaibhyaThe very powerful Yudhamanyu and the great warrior Uthamoujas And sons of Darupadi and Subadhra all of whom are great warriors Our army also has great warriors and I am listing them Oh great twice born for your understanding You Bheeshma Karna Krupa who is a war winner Aswathama Vikarna and Soumadathi are among themThere are many more warriors who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for my sake and they are well armed and experts in warThe strength of our army lead by Bheeshma is beyond measure as against their limited strength which is protected by Bhima Can also mean The strength of our army lead by Bheeshma is not sufficient As against their needed strength which is protected by Bhima And so please prepare your army and hold it in readiness And all of you at any cost protect the great BheeshmaThen the old man of the Kuru clan the great Bheeshma blew his conch like a roar of lion to reassure Him All of a sudden several conches drums cymbals and gongs blew in unison and that sound echoed and reechoed and became greatThen Arjuna and Krishna sitting on a great chariot Drawn by white horses blew their divine conches alsoLord Krishna blew his conch called Pancha janya Arjuna blew his Devadatha And the Bhima with fire in his stomach blew his conch poundramThe king Yudhishtra who is the son of Kunthi blew his conch Anantha Vijaya Nakula his conch Sugosha and Sahadeva his conch Mani pushpakaThe great archer Kashyapa the great charioteer Shikandi Drishtadhyumna Virata Sathyaki who has never faced defeatThe king Drupada sons of Daraupadi the great son of Subadhra blew their conches separately again and again That sound shattered the hearts of the sons of Dritharashtra and also echoed and reechoed in the earth and the skySeeing these state of affairs of the sons of Dritharashtra the hero with a monkey in his flag realizing that the time was ready for war held his bow aloft and Oh king Told like this to Krishna Arjuna said Please position this chariot in the middle of armies oh Krishna So that I could decide on all those whom I should fight when the war commences So that I can see all those who have come ready for this battle summoned by the evil minded sons of Dritharashtra and who have wished for this war Sanjaya told The lord Krishna when told like this by Arjuna took and placed the chariot in the middle of the armiesAnd told him Please see the great warriors of the Kuru clan lead by Bheeshma and Drona After seeing his friends in the two armies And also his grandfather his teacher uncles brothers sons and grandsons His inlaws and friends and everybody that related to himArjuna was overcome with compassion and getting into the clutches of sorrow told the following words Arjuna said I am seeing my people here Krishna who are ready for the war My body becomes weak my face becomes dry my body is entirely covered with sweat my hair stand erect My bow Gandiva is getting out of my grip my whole body burns and I am not able to even to stand erect My life seems to be leaving me and my mind gets upset I am seeing bad omens Krishna which are counter productive I do not see anything which will lead me to fame By killing all these people who are my own people I do not desire victory Krishna or country or pleasure what is the use in having this country Govinda and what is the use in having a pleasure filled lifeFor what is the point in having a country or even life after killingTeachers fathers sons grandfather uncles inlaws grandsons brotherinlaws and all relatives Even if they want to kill me Oh killer of Madhu And even if I am going to be the king of the three worlds I am not interested in killing them for this trifle of land What happiness will I ever get by killing these sons of Dritharashtra for even though they deserve to be killed only sin will get attached to meOh Krishna though the sons of Dritharashtra deserve to be killed since they are our relations how can we get pleasure out of such an action Though I am seeing that they do not realize in their mind the sin of destroying a family and treachery to their friends How can we who realize the sin which results in destruction of family not know that we have to withdraw from committing such a sin When families are killed the just life of the society perishes and by the loss of just life injustice tends to grow aloftWhen injustice occupies the land good women lose their virtue and when they lose their virtue there is mixture of the castesThe mixture of castes leads the families and those who destroy them to hell for their ancestors will not be worshipped with rice balls and waterBecause of the sins of those who destroy families and those who lead to such a mixture of castes the just duties of the castes as also the families cease to existOh Krishna I have heard that those who destroy the just duties of families live forever in the portals of hell Alas we are just getting prepared to do a very great sin by killing our own people for the sake of ruling over a countryIf the armed sons of Dritharashtra kill me who am not armed That would lead me to lot of useful pleasure Sanjaya told After telling thus Arjuna became extremely sad divested himself of his arms and sat in his chariot Thus ends the first chapter of Bhagawad Gita which is the essence of all Upanishads which is the science of the eternal and yoga and the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna which is called Arjuna s state of grief

1 GITA MY FAVOURITE BOOK IT IS NOT ONLY MY FAVOURITE BOOK BUT ALSO ALL OF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW EVEN ONE WORD OF GITA IF YOU TAKE BREATHE BECAUSE GITA IS HAVING WORDS OF LORD GITA DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY CASTE OR RELIGION AS LORD DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY CASTE OR RELIGION AT THAT TIME SO MANY RELIGIONS DID NOT TAKE BIRTH WHEN GITA WAS BORN MESSAGE OF GITA IS ETERNAL FOR EVERY CREATURE TRUE WORSHIP OF LORD IS NOT THE MERE WORSHIP OF LORD BUT TO FOLLOW THE MESSAGE OF GITA2 GITA IS TRUE IS QUESTION MARK REUIRED HOW MANY MAY BE BELIEVING GITA AS TRUE WHETHER ANY ONE BELIEVES OR NOT TRUE WILL REMAIN TRUE TRUTH CAN NEVER BE ALTERED GITA IS PARTIAL TRUE OR FULLY TRUE WHAT BENIFIT ONE MAY BE GETTING IF ONE PRESENTS A FALSE BOOK TO SOCIETY YOU CAN DECIDE YOURSELF IF YOU FOLLOW ANY MESSAGE OF GITA AND IF YOU GET ANY GAIN OUT OF IT THEN YOU WILL BE BOUND TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH OF GITA 3 as the waters of different rivers enter the ocean which though full on all sides remains undisturbed likewise he in whom all enjoyments merge themselves without causing disturbance attains peace not he who hankers after such enjoyments70 he who has given up all desires and moves free from attachment egoism and thirst for enjoyment attains peace71 arjuna such is the state of the godrealized soul having reached this state he overcomes delusion and established in this state even at the last moment he attains BRAHMIC BLISS724 INFACT THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHEN I WAS NOT OR WHEN YOU OR THESE KINGS WERE NOT NOR IS IT A FACT THAT HEREAFTER WE SHALL CEASE TO BE12 JUST AS BOYHOOD YOUTH AND OLD AGE ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SOUL THROUGH THIS BODY EVEN SO IT ATTAINS ANOTHER BODY THE WISE MAN DOES NOT GET DELUDED ABOUT THIS135 O SON OF KUNTI THE CONTACTS BETWEEN THE SENSES AND THEIR OBJECTS WHICH GIVE RISE TO THE FEELINGS OF HEAT AND COLD PLEASURE AND PAIN ETC ARE TRANSITORY AND FLEETING THEREFORE ARJUNA ENDURE THEM14 ARJUNA THE WISE MAN TO WHOM PAIN AND PLEASURE ARE ALIKE AND WHO IS NOT TORMENTED BY THESE CONTACTS BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR IMMORTALITY156 THE UNREAL HAS NO EXISTENCE AND THE REAL NEVER CEASES TO BE THE REALITY OF BOTH HAS THUS BEEN PERCEIVED BY THE SEERS OF TRUTH 167 BOTH OF THEM ARE IGNORANT HE WHO CONSIDERS THE SOUL TO BE CAPABLE OF KILLING AND HE WHO TAKES IT AS KILLED FOR VERILY THE SOUL NEITHER KILLS NOR IS KILLED 19 THE SOUL IS NEVER BORN NOR IT EVER DIES NOR DOES IT BECOME AFTER BEING BORN FOR IT IS UNBORN ETERNAL EVERLASTING AND PRIMEVAL EVEN THOUGH THE BODY IS SLAIN THE SOUL IS NOT 20 8 AS A MAN SHEDDING WORNOUT GARMENTS TAKES OTHER NEW ONES LIKEWISE THE EMBODIED SOUL CASTING OFF WORNOUT BODIES ENTERS INTO OTHERS THAT ARE NEW 22 WEAPONS CAN NOT CUT IT NOR CAN FIRE BURN IT WATER CAN NOT WET IT NOR CAN WIND DRY IT 23 FOR THIS SOUL IS INCAPABLE OF BEING CUT OR BURNT BY FIRE NOR CAN IT BE DISSOLVED BY WATER AND IS UNDRIABLE BY AIR AS WELL THIS SOUL IS ETERNAL ALL PERVADING IMMOVABLE CONSTANT AND EVERLASTING 249 ARJUNA IF YOU SHOULD SUPPOSE THIS SOUL TO BE SUBJECT TO CONSTANT BIRTH AND DEATH EVEN THEN YOU SHOULD NOT GRIEVE LIKE THIS 26 FOR IN THAT CASE DEATH IS CERTAIN FOR THE BORN AND REBIRTH IS INEVITABLE FOR THE DEAD YOU SHOULD NOT THEREFORE GRIEVE OVER THE INEVITABLE 2710 ARJUNA BEFORE BIRTH BEINGS ARE NOT MANIFEST TO OUR HUMAN SENSES ON DEATH THEY RETURN TO THE UNMANIFEST AGAIN THEY ARE MANIFEST ONLY IN THE INTERIM BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH WHAT OCCASION THEN FOR LAMENTATION 28 HARDLY ANY GREAT SOUL PERCEIVES THIS SOUL AS MARVELLOUS SCARCE ANOTHER GREAT SOUL LIKEWISE SPEAKS THEREOF AS MARVELLOUS AND SCARCE ANOTHER WORTHY ONE HEARS OF IT AS MARVELLOUS WHILE THERE ARE SOME WHO KNOW IT NOT EVEN ON HEARING OF IT 2911 ARJUNA THIS SOUL DWELLING IN THE BODIES OF ALL CAN NEVER BE SLAIN THEREFORE YOU SHOULD NOT MOURN FOR ANYONE 3012 TREATING ALIKE VICTORY AND DEFEAT GAIN AND LOSS PLEASURE AND PAIN GET READY FOR THE BATTLE FIGHTING THUS YOU WILL NOT INCUR SIN13 IN THIS PATH OF SELFLESS ACTION THERE IS NO LOSS OF EFFORT NOR IS THERE FEAR OF CONTRARY RESULT EVEN A LITTLE PRACTICE OF THIS DISCIPLINE SAVES ONE FROM THE TERRIBLE FEAR OF BIRTH AND DEATH14 ARJUNA THOSE WHO ARE FULL OF WORLDLY DESIRES AND DEVOTED TO THE LETTER OF VEDAS WHO LOOK UPON HEAVEN AS THE SUPREME GOAL AND ARGUE THAT THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND HEAVEN ARE UNWISE THEY UTTER FLOWERY SPEECH RECOMMENDING MANY RITUALS OF VARIOUS KINDS FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF PLEASURE AND POWER WITH REBIRTH AS THEIR FRUIT THOSE WHOSE MINDS ARE CARRIED AWAY BY SUCH WORDS AND WHO ARE DEEPLY ATTACHED TO PLEASURES AND WORLDLY POWER CANNOT ATTAIN THE DETERMINATE INTELLECT CONCENTRATED ON GOD 15 A BRAHMANA WHO HAS OBTAINED ENLIGHTENMENT HAS AS MUCH USE FOR ALL THE VEDAS AS ONE WHO STANDS AT THE BRINK OF A SHEET OF WATER OVERFLOWING ON ALL SIDES HAS FOR A SMALL RESERVOIR OF WATER16 YOUR RIGHT IS TO WORK ONLY AND NEVER TO THE FRUIT THEREOF DO NOT CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FRUIT OF ACTION NOR LET YOUR ATTACHMENT BE TO INACTIONARJUNA PERFORM YOUR DUTIES ESTABLISHED IN YOGA RENOUNCING ATTACHMENT AND BE EVENMINDED IN SUCCESS AND FAILURE EVENNESS OF MIND IS CALLED YOGA17 ACTION WITH A SELFISH MOTIVE IS FAR INFERIOR TO THIS YOGA IN THE FORM OF EQUANIMITY DO SEEK REFUGE IN THIS EQIPOISE OF MIND ARJUNA FOR POOR AND WRETCHED ARE THOSE WHO ARE THE CAUSE IN MAKING THEIR ACTIONS BEAR FRUITENDOWED WITH EQUANIMITY ONE SHEDS IN THIS LIFE BOTH GOOD AND EVIL THEREFORE STRIVE FOR THE PRACTICE OF THIS YOGA OF EQUANIMITY SKILL IN ACTION LIES IN THE PRACTICE OF THIS YOGAFOR WISE MEN POSSESING EQUIPOISED MIND RENOUNCING THE FRUIT OF ACTIONS AND FREED FROM THE SHACKLES OF BIRTH ATTAIN THE BLISSFUL SUPREME STATE18 WHEN YOUR MIND WILL HAVE FULLY CROSSED THE MIRE OF DELUSION YOU WILL THEN GROW INDIFFERENT TO THE ENJOYMENTS OF THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD OF AS WELL AS TO THOSE THAT ARE YET TO BE HEARD OFWHEN YOUR INTELLECT CONFUSED BY HEARING CONFLICTING STATEMENTS WILL REST STEADY AND UNDISTRACTED IN MEDITATION ON GOD YOU WILL THEN ATTAIN YOGA THE EVERLASTING UNION WITH GOD19 SRI BHAGAVAN SAID ARJUNA WHEN ONE THOROUGHLY CASTS OFF ALL CARVINGS OF THE MIND AND IS SATISFIED IN THE SELF THROUGH THE JOY OF THE SELF HE IS THEN CALLED STABLE OF MINDTHE SAGE WHOSE MIND REMAINS UNPERTURBED AMID SORROWS WHOSE THIRST FOR PLEASURES HAS ALTOGETHER DISAPPEARED AND WHO IS FREE FROM PASSION FEAR AND ANGER IS CALLED STABLE OF MINDHE WHO IS UNATTACHED TO EVERYTHING AND MEETING WITH GOOD AND EVIL NEITHER REJOICES NOR RECOILS HIS MIND IS STABLE20 SENSEOBJECTS TURN AWAY FROM HIM WHO DOES NOT ENJOY THEM WITH HIS SENSES BUT THE TASTE FOR THEM PERSISTS THIS RELISH ALSO DISAPPEARS IN CASE OF THE MAN OF STABLE MIND WHEN HE REALIZES THE SUPREME

For the one who has conquered the mind the mind is the best of friends but for one who has failed to do so his very mind will be his greatest enemyStill your mind in me still yourself in me and without a doubt you shall be united with me Lord of Love dwelling in your heart Bhagavad Gita As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes similarly the fire of Selfknowledge reduces all Karma to ashes Bhagavad Gita Hell has three gates lust anger and greed Bhagavad Gita The state of severance of union with sorrow is known by the name of yoga Bhagavad Gita Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart a leaf a flower fruit or water I accept with joy Bhagavad Gita

What belongs to you today belong to someone else yesterday shall belong to someone day after so why worry unnecessary This body is not yours neither are you of the body The body is made of fire water air earth and ether and will disappear into these elements But the soul is permanent so who are youDedicate your being to God He is the one to be ultimately relied upon Those who know of his support are forever free from fear worry and sorrow Whatever you do do it as a dedication to God This will bring you the tremendous experience of joy and lifefreedom foreverWhat did you lose that you cry about What did you bring with you which you think you have lost What did you produce which you think got destroyed You did not bring anything whatever you have you received from here Whatever you have given you have given only here Whatever you took you took from God Whatever you gave you gave to him You came empty handed you will leave empty handed What is yours today belonged to someone else yesterday and will belong to someone else the day after tomorrow You are mistakenly enjoying the thought that this is yours It is this false happiness that is the cause of your sorrowsWhy do you worry without cause Whom do you fear without reason Who can kill you The soul is neither born nor does it dieChange is the law of the universe What you think of as death is indeed life In one instance you can be a millionaire and in the other instance you can be steeped in poverty Yours and mine big and small erase these ideas from your mind Then everything is yours and you belong to everyoneWhy do you worry without cause Whom do you fear without reason Who can kill you The soul is neither born nor does it dieInspired by Divine Lord Dada Shyam Compiled and written by Divine Ritesh Gupta

Gita is a jewel of crown Could we stop or prevent its glittering lights by limitation a boundary Gita belong to mankind He and whosever read and understand Gita would be benefited Gita is a philosophy of lifeThe Bhagavad Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of the philosophy of religion ever revealed hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanityAldous huxley The Gita is a tale of action taking the form of a dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna on the eve of a battle Krishna teaches the fearful Arjuna the need for action and requirement that he like ALL MANKIND take his place in the WORLD IN LOVE AND FAITH Only through the search for GOD and THE ABSOLUTE will the true self be discoveredThis famous GITASASTRA is an epitome of the essential of the world vedic teaching A knowledge of its teaching leads to the realization of all human aspiration GitaI find a solace in the BHAVADGITA that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light I go back to the Bhagavadgita I find a verse here and a verse there and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming tragedies and my life has been full of external tragedies and if they have left no visible no indelible scar on me I owe it all to the teachings of the Bhagavadgita MK GANDHIThe Gita is called an upanisad because it contains the essence of self knowledge and because its teachings like those of the Vedas are divided into three section KARMA work UPANISADAdevotion and JNANAknowledge Swami SwarupanandaThe central teaching of the Gita is the attainment of freedom by the performance of ones SVADHRMA or duty in life Do the duty without an eye to the result thereof Thus should thou gain the purification of heart which is essential for MOKSA seems to be the keynote of KRSNAS teaching to Arjuna Swami Swarupananda